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Issues in the News

Moderator Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of The Weekly Standard, David Rennie, Washington Bureau Chief and Lexington Columnist for The Economist, and Oren Dorell, Foreign Reporter for USA Today, discuss Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes in Yemen, the negotiations with Iran as the deadline for reaching a possible nuclear deal fast approaches, and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to the US.

Issues in the News

Issues in the News

Moderator Barbara Slavin, Washington Correspondent for Al-Monitor, David Rennie, Washington Bureau Chief & Lexington Columnist for The Economist, and Abderrahim Foukara, Washington Bureau Chief for Al-Jazeera TV, discuss the open letter sent by 47 Republican senators to Tehran; the Iraqi government’s retaking of Tikrit from the so-called Islamic State with help from Iran; Israeli elections, and the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account for government business.

Issues in the News

Moderator Barbara Slavin, Washington Correspondent for Al-Monitor, Tom DeFrank, Contributing Editor to National Journal, and Tim Mak Senior Congressional Correspondent for The Daily Beast discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to US Congress about downfalls of a possible nuclear deal with Iran, Iraq-ISIS fight over Takrit, the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account for government business, and Boris Nemtsov’s assassination.

Issues in the News

Moderator Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of The Weekly Standard, Tom DeFrank, Contributing Editor to National Journal, and Tim Mak, Senior Congressional Correspondent for The Daily Beast discuss the new tensions between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the White House over a possible nuclear deal with Iran, ISIS militants’ new advances in Syria, and the New York arrest of three men accused of a plot to aid ISIS.

Issues in the News

Moderator Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of The Weekly Standard, Stephen Collinson, Senior Reporter at CNN Politics, and Tim Mak, Senior Congressional Correspondent for The Daily Beast discuss the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, Egypt’s airstrikes on the so-called Islamic State in Libya, and continued fighting in Ukraine after the ceasefire accord.

Issues in the News is broadcast on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. You can also listen to us via affiliate stations in your area. Check your local radio station guide for more information.

Friday: 2330 UTC

Saturday: 1530 & 2230 UTC

Sunday: 0130 0430 0930 1130 1530 & 2130 UTC

About Issues in the News

Each week Anna Zalewski invites three prominent Washington journalists from print, wire services, and broadcast media to discuss the week's top stories.

The moderator and panelists comment on the week’s most salient domestic and international events. Drawing on contacts and sources at the White House and Capitol Hill, the journalists provide unique insights and analysis that go beyond the headlines. They also discuss little-known but important developments, and add their personal insights to give listeners the "inside" story on what they see and hear in the news.

Meet Our Moderators

Fred Barnes is executive editor of "The Weekly Standard." From 1985 to 1995, he served as senior editor and White House correspondent for the "New Republic." He covered the Supreme Court and the White House for the "Washington Star" before moving on to the "Baltimore Sun" in 1979. He served as the national political correspondent for the "Sun" and wrote the Presswatch media column for the "American Spectator."

Barbara Slavin is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and Washington correspondent for Al-Monitor.com, a website devoted to news from and about the Middle East. The author of a 2007 book, "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation," she is a regular commentator on U.S. foreign policy and Iran on NPR, PBS and C-SPAN.

Tom DeFrank is a contributing editor at "National Journal." He was "Newsweek’s" White House correspondent for 25 years before serving as Washington bureau chief of the "New York Daily News." Tom, who has a reputation as being one of the best-sourced journalists in Washington, is the author of "Write it When I'm Gone," a book about former President Gerald Ford based on 30 years of private conversations with him. He has covered eight Presidents: Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Obama.

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